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this is a live look at houston, the big story tonight, the justice department will sue the state of texas over the voter id law. attorney general eric holder said the government will not allow the recent supreme court decision throwing out the most powerful part of the voting rights act to become open season on voting rights. governor rick perry said he will fight what he calls the administration's end run around the supreme court. that is tonight's look outside the beltway, from special report. we'll be right back. ♪ reinforced with scratch- resistant glass and a unibody made kevlar strong. okay google now. call my droid. the new droid ultra by motorola. when strength matters, droid does. thank u. thank you. i got this. oh, no, i'll get it! let me get it. uh-uh-uh. i don't want you to pay for this. it's not happening, honey. let her get it. she got her safe driving bonus check from allstate last week. and it's her treat. what about a tip? oh, here's one... get an allstate agent. nice! [ female announcer ] switch today and get two safe driving bonus checks a year for driving safely. onl
this is a live look at houston, the big story tonight, the justice department will sue the state of texas over the voter id law. attorney general eric holder said the government will not allow the recent supreme court decision throwing out the most powerful part of the voting rights act to become open season on voting rights. governor rick perry said he will fight what he calls the administration's end run around the supreme court. that is tonight's look outside the beltway, from special...
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these days, the texas governor is reportedly lobbying the white house for $100 million in obama care funding. according to politico, texas health eaches are in talks with the administration to accept federal funding to for the funned iffing first act. governor perry is not 0 lone in his secret crush on the thing he publicly hates the most. so far, six republican governors have expanded medicaid in their states. jan brewer, chris christie, terry branstad, susana martinez, brian sandoval and jack dalrymple. after years of railing against it, republicans are finally going to understand that the affordable care act actually helps people. in this, perhaps, governor perry expressed it best. >> sorry. oops. joining us now is msnbc policy analyst "the washington post's" ezra klein. we use every excuse we can to play the rick perry oops moment. he does seem to be having a little bit of an oops insofar as he's going to take a sharpie out and wipe away as much of the funding for obama care as possible and is asking for $100 million to implement parts of actually obama care. >> well, let me come
these days, the texas governor is reportedly lobbying the white house for $100 million in obama care funding. according to politico, texas health eaches are in talks with the administration to accept federal funding to for the funned iffing first act. governor perry is not 0 lone in his secret crush on the thing he publicly hates the most. so far, six republican governors have expanded medicaid in their states. jan brewer, chris christie, terry branstad, susana martinez, brian sandoval and jack...
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texas time, 2:45. many people believe this is an open and shut case. they go through all the charges. there's 45 total. a little confusing but hasan charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder. and then 32 counts of attempted predemeditated murder. both sides agreed to the less near clueded offense, unpremeditated murder, attempted unpremeditated murder and two variations of aggravated assault. these lesser included offensives under the premeditated murder umbrella we should point out a unanimous decision by the 13 member package is not required for a guilty verdict in a court martial rather a two-thirds majority, in other words, shepard, nine of the 13 panel members. >> what did the prosecution cover in its closing? >> reporter: it lasted about an hour and a half. they kept reiterating out of the more than 700 pieces of evidence they introduced in the last three weeks and nearly 90 witnesses or so that this showed a very well thought out and a very well calculated attack. they played several videos, again, inside that courtroom today including a das
texas time, 2:45. many people believe this is an open and shut case. they go through all the charges. there's 45 total. a little confusing but hasan charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder. and then 32 counts of attempted predemeditated murder. both sides agreed to the less near clueded offense, unpremeditated murder, attempted unpremeditated murder and two variations of aggravated assault. these lesser included offensives under the premeditated murder umbrella we should point out a...
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houston, texas. go ahead. caller: hello. >> you are on the air. a&mer: i go to texas university. i have a comment whether there is a relationship between student loans and graduation. when you are a professor, you're theone who benefits from availability of student loans. allows more students to attend the university. there would be an availability of liquid cash that comes to the university. providing student loans to raising tuition, special private universities, to havingnother side student loans available. you raise the price of tuition across the board. how far along are you in your education at a&m? >> junior year this fall. >> good luck to you. we go to alabama. go ahead. republican line. caller: yes. thank you for taking my call. i should mention that it seems to me like the only reason to most people have an incentive to -- i'm school is for glad he mentioned the ivy leagues. ande's a lot of social future business partners through that type of school. thatne else commented that looking for.s >> he was looking to go to an ivy league school or what kind of relationships co
houston, texas. go ahead. caller: hello. >> you are on the air. a&mer: i go to texas university. i have a comment whether there is a relationship between student loans and graduation. when you are a professor, you're theone who benefits from availability of student loans. allows more students to attend the university. there would be an availability of liquid cash that comes to the university. providing student loans to raising tuition, special private universities, to havingnother...
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the university of texas is offering $10,000 degrees. more and more people are learning online and making those kind of choices that work for them. >> will you talk to your friends on capitol hill and talk about that increase at community colleges because we do need that increased investment, absolutely. but i do think we also need innovation and competition in the higher education market. i think that's what the point of the president's speech was today. this is a market that's not working. the costs are too high. the value is not there. we need to increase the value and increase the transparency. >> let me give you an example. >> the president today at one of his big new plans, big new ideas, is financial literacy for college students. did you know there are already 56 financial programs for financial literacy? how many times do taxpayers need to pay for the same thing over and over again? >> i think you're making a slightly different point here besides what college students need. college students need to know when they're signing on t
the university of texas is offering $10,000 degrees. more and more people are learning online and making those kind of choices that work for them. >> will you talk to your friends on capitol hill and talk about that increase at community colleges because we do need that increased investment, absolutely. but i do think we also need innovation and competition in the higher education market. i think that's what the point of the president's speech was today. this is a market that's not...
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laws in texas. eric holder released this statement we will not allow the decision to be interpreted as open season for states to pursue measure that is you is press voting rights. we'll continue to follow this story and bring you updates. >> earlier today we had live coverage of president obama to talk about education policy. he spoke at the state of new york. tomorrow the president will continue speaking in new york state before traveling to pennsylvania. and education will be the topic of the town hall meeting today. here is a brief look at some of the president's comments from earlier today. >> let me just talk about each of these briefly. our first priority is aimed at providing better value for students, making sure that families and taxpayers are getting what we pay for. today i'm directing our secretary of education to lead an effort to develop a new rating system for america's colleges before the 2015 college year. right now private rankings like u.s. news and world report puts out each year
laws in texas. eric holder released this statement we will not allow the decision to be interpreted as open season for states to pursue measure that is you is press voting rights. we'll continue to follow this story and bring you updates. >> earlier today we had live coverage of president obama to talk about education policy. he spoke at the state of new york. tomorrow the president will continue speaking in new york state before traveling to pennsylvania. and education will be the topic...
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you wouldy necessarily stereotype houston, texas. texas, it is worth keeping an eye on what happens there. if you cover politics and policy in this era of budget -- >> you cover politics and policy. what can mayor is expected from washington regarding infant -- regarding infrastructure, the nuts and bolts. >> you talk to mirrors over the country -- you talk to mi ayors and they are fed up with how little support they get from washington. certainty.ally no stimulusof ways, the that a lot of folks credit with helping give the economy a jolt back in 2009, it just deferred the fiscal problems for mayors for a couple of years. the green taxis or the supersized drinks in new york city that mayor bloomberg wanted to ban, what is the legacy that he has had in new york city and the influence he may have had on other mayors across the country? >> obviously, one of the major influences has been his health policies. the ban on big sodas did not go into effect and that was not very popular. his policies on biking, the bike postinghe policy of cal
you wouldy necessarily stereotype houston, texas. texas, it is worth keeping an eye on what happens there. if you cover politics and policy in this era of budget -- >> you cover politics and policy. what can mayor is expected from washington regarding infant -- regarding infrastructure, the nuts and bolts. >> you talk to mirrors over the country -- you talk to mi ayors and they are fed up with how little support they get from washington. certainty.ally no stimulusof ways, the that a...